AnAge entry for Manis crassicaudata

Classification (HAGRID: 02652)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Pholidota
                Family: Manidae
                    Genus: Manis
Species: Manis crassicaudata
Common name: Indian pangolin
Synonyms: Pholidotus indicus

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Little is known about the longevity of these animals. One captive specimen lived for 19.3 years [0671]. Probably some animals live over 20 years, though detailed longevity studies are lacking.

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[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World